If there’s one factor Tina Knowles received’t stand for, it’s somebody coming for her household.
This week, the Knowles matriarch stepped into protecting mama bear mode after Kanye West took intention at her family members in one in every of his newest social media tirades. On Tuesday, West flooded timelines with a sequence of now-deleted tweets focusing on fellow trade figures. Amongst them was a very offensive remark about Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s twins, Rumi and Sir.
“WAIT HAS ANYONE EVER SEEN JAY Z AND BEYONCE’S YOUNGER KIDS,” he tweeted, per Individuals journal, earlier than making an ableist comment concerning the youngsters’s psychological capability.
Whereas Jay-Z and Beyoncé not often have interaction in on-line drama, Mama Knowles took it upon herself to deal with West. In a video posted to Instagram, the Knowles matriarch shared a “corny joke,” with a clearly shady which means.
“So I’m on the set of a photoshoot in the present day for my e book, and I needed to inform you a corny joke,” she mentioned within the clip. “What occurs when a snowman throws a tantrum? He has a meltdown. Y’all know that’s humorous.”
Along with flexing her comedic abilities, Knowles reportedly posted the video with an equally shady caption at first. Although the caption has since been edited to “corny joke, time,” TMZ stories that Mama Knowles’ caption initially mentioned:
“It’s arduous to stay constructive and fashionable within the face of ignorance and evil. However I do know that no weapon shaped in opposition to me or my household shall prosper. This battle is just not mine, however the Lord’s, I do know that God has obtained this.”
Whether or not it’s her youngsters or grandchildren, Knowles has by no means hesitated to face up for her personal—irrespective of how typically her household urges her to disregard the noise.
“I’m a protector of my youngsters, and I simply really feel like that’s my job,” she defined. “And, you understand, my youngsters are all the time like, ‘Mama, simply ignore that.’ But it surely will get to the purpose the place I’m similar to, ‘I’m sorry. That is sufficient. It’s sufficient.’ You already know? As a result of think about being a mom and any individual’s mendacity in your child. It’s arduous to observe.”
